Friday, November 13, 2009

As Long As You Had Fun, We Forgive Your Sarcasm

Over at the BookEnds, blagent Jessicawrites a rant about some poor rejected writer who allegedly sent an angry email to 400 publishing professionals, his/her rejecters! Now that takes cajones. I would like to know (a) who wrote that email (come foreward; this is your home), and (b) who were the 400 publishing professional recipients (someone: leak us the note at writerrejected at aol dot com; we won't tell anyone from whence it came.). What fun!

Notice she didn't post the email, just summarized it with bits of hackneyed ire inserted. You'd think if it was so real and so ghastly she would post the actual email.

I didn't see any mention of it on Nathan Bradford's agent blog or the Rejectionist. (It's not a thorough survey of agent blogs, I know.) And 400 is a pretty ridiculous number. I don't think you can even fit 400 email addresses on the CC and BCC lines; my email has a limit to how many you can spam at once. So how would she even know the number of recipients?

Reading agent blogs is a waste of time that could be spent on more interesting procrastination. Agent blogs don't exist to help querents, they exist to advertise the agent/agency. You'll never learn anything from an agent blog besides common sense tips for writing query letters. Don't write like an idiot, use spellcheck, etc.

Ok, maybe the only interesting thing about agent blogs are the butt-kissy comments from wannabe authors. However much of a sucky writer I am, at least I haven't sunk so low that I resort to singing the praises of every navel-gazing post.

If you ever become an agent WR, please keep a blog as entertaining as this one!

Rules of the Game

4) Be nice to one another. The world is already overpopulated with asses.

Guess What?

After 15 years of rejections (most of them posted here along with all the rejections you've sent me over the years), my novel is getting published by a literary press. Little third-gendered me will soon have a book you can read for yourself and see if the hundreds of rejections were misguided or not. For more on the matter, read this post and this one too.

People Magazine Picks Miracle Girls

What the What? (This is actually for real.)

ew.com blog review

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